"Like Angels that Just Appeared From Heaven."

Well team, more adventures to share!

Monday we taught 4 lessons. Not bad for our day off! But we knew we had to get a lot done, 'cause we had a lot of things going on to take us away from our work.

One of the lessons was with a wonderful lady named K. She is the mother of a lady in the Mishawaka ward who got baptized a few years ago with her son. She had been with them for a lot of the lessons, but came out with a few questions unresolved. She seems determined to learn if the message is true. One of her difficulties is that it was hammered into her head that you shouldn't get spiritual truths from anything other than the Bible. 

That's something a lot of people deal with, but it got me thinking. To take only truths from the Bible is to deny God's consistency. Throughout history God has taken an active role in directing His children. Why would that change? 

We got in later that night than we had intended, 'cause another investigator really wanted to meet (how cool is that?) So we broke curfew 'cause we had to drive to Middlebury to start an exchange. What an adventure.

Sister McKendrick and I both worked in the area to help them find some people to teach, 'cause they've had a hard time getting things started over there. We had some success, but had to cut things short, 'cause President Cleveland let us know that morning that he wanted us to drive down that evening for the meeting the next day.

So on Wednesday we had an epic meeting with people from the missionary department. Apparently one of the men had worked for the CIA for a long time, which automatically makes him cool and smart. They did not talk about ipads, (which all the other missionaries thought they would), but they did talk a lot about how we can be more effective. It was super good, and I learned stuff I really wish I had understood earlier in my mission.

Thursday we had to spend a lot of time preparing for zone training the next day, as well on just catching up with paper work. Not to mention our normal planning session. We managed to teach a couple lessons, and then found out, as we were inviting people to A's baptism, that there was supposed to be a youth dance in at the same time as her baptism. Sometimes our ward council struggles with getting things scheduled appropriately O_o. So we made a bazillion phone calls and rescheduled it for Sunday afternoon.

On Friday, we had an awesome zone training, and followed that with a jam session with A and the elders. So funny! We had three guitars, two keyboards, a couple microphones and a tambourine.

Saturday, we were supposed to have a lesson with a guy from Bosnia, but it fell through, so we scheduled another one with a guy who lives in our complex. And that fell through--which we found out while sitting at a table outside with a member waiting for him :P So we saw another neighbor of ours outside and called her over. She sat down with us, and we talked to her a little about the Plan of Salvation. Needless to say she is excited to meet with us again. 

Sunday was the big day! A got baptized! She was so excited! And so many awkward things happened...some that I should not talk about in this letter. But everything went well, and she is just so happy. When we talked to her on the phone on Friday, she said "I'm just so happy, I don't know what to do!" When she shared her testimony, she talked about how she'd been praying for two years to find the right church. She had been praying one evening, she looked up, and there we were, "like angels that just appeared from Heaven."

That's been a theme to our work lately. We met K the week before last, and when we saw her this past week she expressed that she had been praying, and knew that we were a direct answer to her pleadings. We've had other such experiences recently as well. What a cool thing it is to be God's tool to answer prayers :)

In comparison to the past weeks, this week is fairly uneventful. We've got exchanges with Warsaw on Wednesday, and that's about it. We're just gearing up to do great things here in South Bend though :)

Peectures!

A! With me, Brother B  and Sister McKendrick

Me and Sister Clark. She's got like 2 weeks left on her mission, and I didn't think I'd see her again! But she got to go to the meeting on Wednesday. She's my missionary role-model, and I'll miss her :) But I'll probably see her back at school.

With the Elkhart Sisters! (In Middlebury) Sisters Herzog and Ruoho.

Our zone! Back: Elders Bramlett, Lindhardt, Bair, Johnson, Bromley, Peterson, Easter, Adams

Middle: Sisters McKendrick, Christiansen, Odermott, Evans, Ruth, and me

Front: Elders Thompson, Russell, Young, Ledesma, Haverts, Hardester, and Esplin. We have a good time :)